{Photograph by Richard Renaldi}

I’ve been reading about Richard Renaldi’s recent “Touching Strangers” project, in which he asks complete strangers to pose for photos together as though they are intimate friends and family.  The resulting images are striking alternately for the awkwardness and the deep human connections they convey.  You can read more about the project on his website — and be sure to check out his blog for a recent video on the project and an article in the New York Times.